{"product_id":"this-could-be-us","title":"This Could Be Us","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKate has done the unthinkable. She'd worked hard to build a perfect life for herself, while ignoring her growing unhappiness. But when her second child was born profoundly disabled, reality hit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnable to cope, Kate left - disappearing without a trace. She ends up in LA, with a glittering career and a new family of sorts, but the guilt is still suffocating. Husband Andrew was left to pick up the pieces and care for their disabled daughter and angry, confused son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBereft and broken, he leaned on Olivia, Kate's best friend. She's been by his side ever since, ignoring her own needs to meet his. Years later, Andrew has written a memoir about his daughter learning to communicate against all odds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when Kate's new producer husband decides he wants to make a film of it, their worlds collide once again. Now, Kate must return to the life she abandoned and reckon with what she did. The guilt and the love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pain and the hope. In other words, family. Following a fractured family over a period of twenty years, This Could Be Us is an extraordinarily moving story from bestselling author Claire McGowan.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Claire McGowan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43914279780609,"sku":"9781472157195","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2024-03-05T135826.304.png?v=1709647116","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/this-could-be-us","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}